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4/24/2016

Please attend any of these upcoming candidate forums to ask the candidates about the $40 million Park Bond 2008 funding and how they plan to preserve land as voters decided. Contact us if you have more information about these or other candidate forums & we will update the list. Remember to vote on Tuesday, May 24, 2016!

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Sponsored by Cobb County Civic Coalition
Time: 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: BOC Meeting room—100 Cherokee St, Marietta

Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Sponsored by Canton Corridor and Bells Ferry HOA
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Format: For Chairman
Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church; 2881 Canton Rd, Marietta
Event Flyer: www.bellsferrycivic.org

Thursday, May 5, 2016
Sponsored by Mableton Improvement Coalition and Austell Community Task Force
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Location: South Cobb Community Center 620 Lions Club Dr, Mableton

Monday, May 9, 2016
Hosted by the East Cobb Middle School PTSA, the Wheeler High School PTSA and the East Cobb County Council of PTAs (ECCC PTAs)
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Location: East Cobb Middle School
Candidate Forum for the District 2, Cobb County Board of Commissioners: The event will begin with a Meet & Greet with the candidates at 6:30 pm, followed by the Candidate Forum at 7:00 pm. The Forum portion of the event will end at 8:00 pm.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Sponsored by the East Cobb Civic Association
Time: 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:45)
Location: Sterling Estates Retirement Community; 4220 Lower Roswell Rd
Event Flyer: http://www.eastcobb.net/wp-content/uploads/2016-ECCA-Community-Candidate-Forum-Flyer.pdf

Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Sponsored by Terrill Mill Community Association
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Brumby Elementary School; 1306 Powers Ferry Rd, Marietta
Event Flyer: www.terrellmill.com

Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Sponsored by the Cobb County NAACP
Time:   7:00 P.M.
Location: BOC Meeting Room, 100 Cherokee St, Marietta
There will be an NAACP Commissioner and Sheriff Forum on 17 May 2016 at the Cobb Government Building 100 Cherokee Street Marietta, GA 30060 from 7 PM – 9 PM. The event will be simulcast on TV23.

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April 15, 2016 last day to Nominate a Property for Park Bond 2008

4/14/2016

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[Note from the Cobb Parks Coalition: All Properties Chosen for Purchase in 2009 with Park Bond 2008 Have Been Re-Nominated for Purchase in 2016.]

Article in the MDJ: Final day to suggest parkland is Friday
by Ricky Leroux

April 14, 2016
Friday is the final day to nominate properties for the county to purchase using funds from bonds Cobb residents approved in 2008.

Tom Bills, senior project manager for construction for the county’s parks department, said more than 150 properties have been suggested through the county’s online nomination system over a two-month period, though some of the properties were suggested before the system was even up and running.

The properties suggested are from all parts of the county and range from 0.4 acres to “many, many tens of acres,” Bills said.

After the nomination period ends, county staff will contact the property owners to gather information and find out if they are interested in selling. Bills said that data will be presented to the county’s nine-member Recreation Board, which will probably look at the list in May, visit properties over the summer and present a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners in the fall.

Voters initially approved $40 million in bonds, but they were never issued. After property values plummeted in the late 2000s and took tax revenue with them, county officials said repaying the bonds would have required a tax increase.

The county finance director said in January that due to the language of the voter referendum, the county would only be able to issue about $19 million without a tax increase.

For more information or to nominate a property, visit cobbcounty.org and follow the links.
[To nominate a property, visit this link: https://cobbcounty.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4433:nominate-potential-park-properties-for-bond-program&catid=282&Itemid=353]

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11 Alive story on Park Bond 2008

4/12/2016

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Rebecca Lindstrom from 11alive.com reported on the Park Bond 2008 story and interviewed Cobb Parks Coalition members at the Board of Commissioner meeting on April 12, 2016! http://www.11alive.com/…/cobb-county-commission-a…/129695438 (The Park Bond story starts at 2:40)

Cobb citizens voted for the $40 million Park Bond Referendum in 2008 before the Board of Commissioners reallocated those funds into the $400 million Braves stadium in 2014 without funding the Park Bond 2008 Referendum voters approved.

In 2009, the Board had already approved a list of 29 properties to purchase as parkland, and it's time to purchase the remaining properties on the list now because at least 8 of the 29 properties have already been developed, and many more are threatened with development instead of being saved as parks as voters intended in 2008.

April 15, 2016 is the last day to nominate properties to be considered for Park Bond 2008 now in 2016.

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